Ant control – 7 myths debunked
We all have seen ants marching in the pantry or doing a safari looking for crumbs left under your couch after an Xbox marathon. Well, don’t fret as Reader’s Digest suggests the best common household items that they suggest will rid of your ant problem in your home. This is actually laughable and inadvertently meant as a joke. Of the seven household items below only one may work, if you think a couple ants randomly walking around the outside of your house. They don’t work!!
Chalk – “Draw a line around areas where ants seem to come from. The chalk’s calcium carbonate will instantly repel the ants. You can also spread powdered chalk on your garden plants to avoid ants and slugs from drawing into them”. Ants actually gather the chalk and use it on drawing boards in their anti-classrooms.
Lemon – “To ant-proof your kitchen, squirt lemon juice on your door corners and windowsills”. Another brilliant idea, attract more fruit flies while staining your paint.
Orange – “Create a smooth puree made of orange peels with 1 cup of warm water. Pour the juice on anthills and see them flee!” Oh, they are running, to tell the others that dinner is served.
Flour – “Sprinkle flour on your pantry and places where you often see the ants”. Don’t mind the plague of moths that will be there shortly to help clean up the flour.
Salt – “Sprinkle salt on the ants’ paths or your doorways. Ants won’t be crossing the lines made of salt”. Unless your kid is using his Tonka toy to make a dike, ants will walk around the salt.
Vinegar – “Pour 50% vinegar and 50% water in a spray bottle. Spray the solution on anthills and areas where ants frequent”. For every one ant you see, there is another hundred in the ground. You better have stocks in a vinegar factory because you will be buying it by the gallon, plus this will only make the nest 10 times larger as they spread put.
Boric Acid – “Sprinkle boric acid on cracks and holes. Use a baster for you to blow small amounts of the powder into areas where they are hard to reach”. This is the only one that may work if you have the patience of a catholic monk.
http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/deltabc-1.983313/blog-ant-control-seven-myths-debunked-1.2093018
